BLACK STAR RIDERS ANNOUNCE UK TOUR – NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2013

BLACK STAR RIDERS, the new band featuring THIN LIZZY members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper / Megadeth), have announced their first UK headline tour. The tour will support the release of their debut album All Hell Breaks Loose which will be released in the UK through on Nuclear Blast Entertainment on the 27th May 2013.

The band already released their debut single “Bound For Glory”, which was premiered on BBC Radio 2 and is available to hear here

“songs that could slip onto a Thin Lizzy album and stand shoulder to shoulder with almost anything there”

– Classic Rock magazine review of “All Hell Breaks Loose” album

The band are set to take the UK and Eire by storm on their 2013 tour, playing much of the debut album and some Thin Lizzy classics. Confirmed headline and festival appearances for BLACK STAR RIDERS in 2013 include the below (with more dates to be announced):

Tickets for headline shows are priced 22.50GBP / 25.00 GBP London (subject to booking fees) – Dublin is E25. Tickets are available as an exclusive Planet Rock presale at 9am GMT on Monday 29th April 2013 via www.planetrock.com/blackstarriders and on general on sale through all normal outlets at 9am GMT Thursday 2nd May 2013.

VIP Packages available for all shows – including meet and greet and special acoustic performance – available from April 29th via the VIP package link at: http://www.blackstarriders.com

Special Guests to be announced…

The album will be released as a standard CD and also as a special edition digi-pak featuring a bonus track “Right To Be Wrong” and a “Making of” DVD.

A 24-minute compilation of behind-the-scenes video reports from the band’s studio time in Los Angeles can be viewed on YouTube: